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USGS Thesaurus Keywords

soil horizons, land use and land cover, hydrology, land surface characteristics, soil sciences, transpiration, bedrock geologic units, geology, meteorology, storms, evaporation, precipitation (atmospheric), runoff, climatology

ISO 19115 Topic Category

geoscientificInformation, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover, environment, climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Other Subject Keywords

Precipitation, Atmosphere, Precipitation Frequency

Place Keywords

U.S. possessions and associated areas, Puerto Rico

Basin Characteristic Rasters for Puerto Rico StreamStats, 2021

In cooperation with the Puerto Rico Environmental Quality Board, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) calculated over 40 different basin characteristics as part of preparing the Puerto Rico StreamStats application. These data were used to update the peak flow and low flow regression equations for Puerto Rico. These datasets are raster representations of various environmental, geological, and land use attributes within the Puerto Rico StreamStats 2020 study area, and will be served in the Puerto Rico StreamStats 2020 application to describe delineated watersheds. The StreamStats application provides access to spatial analytical tools that are useful for water-resources planning and management, and for engineering and design purposes. The map-based user interface can be used to delineate drainage areas, retrieve basin characteristics and estimates of flow statistics, and more.

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Author(s) Katharine Kolb orcid, Patrick J Ryan
Publication Date 2021-02-08
Beginning Date of Data 1899-01-01
Ending Date of Data 2019-01-28
Data Contact
Katharine Kolb
DOI https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HK9SSQ
Citation Kolb, K., and Ryan, P.J., 2021, Basin Characteristic Rasters for Puerto Rico StreamStats, 2021: U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P9HK9SSQ.
Metadata Contact
Katharine Kolb
Metadata Date 2021-02-08
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